My cyberpsychosis is a task prompt

Chapter 261: AI
The coffee machine in the Dani Street apartment building beeps.

A layer of foam floated to the surface of the gradually filling metal mug.

John squinted, took a half-sip with an exaggerated expression, then added an excessive amount of sweet milk, tilted his head back, and carefully sucked away the part that was about to overflow.

His face was full of enjoyment, but his mouth said the opposite.

"Don't look like that. Industrial coffee isn't anything special."

John Ergen's chip flickered for a few seconds.

Kenichi's objections echoed in his mind.

[Sensory enjoyment is a wonderful thing. Every sip makes my database boil. John, you don't understand. Even a real-time rendering module built with hundreds of millions of euros can't compare to the value of this cup of coffee in reality.]

Are you curious about the human world?

Of course, this feeling of anticipation is like when you first encountered a game disc as a child; the longing for another world can keep you dreaming for days after you turn off the computer.

"I'm sorry, my memories of my childhood are very vague, but I'm sure there were no video game consoles, only respiratory illnesses and endless fights."

John tried to shrug, but couldn't control his body.

He picked up his coffee cup and tasted it repeatedly.

The bar counter was filled with various snacks and instant powders purchased from the apartment's vending system, and there was also a mixed-flavor paste being heated in the microwave.

Kenichi Sora and John reached a cooperation agreement.

It can share senses through [special inhibitors], and even further manipulate this body.

John discovered:

Perhaps because of AI's different perspective, Kong Jianyi's "understanding" and "development" of this special chip is very fast.

It only took a few hours from borrowing "vision" to "taking over the limbs".

If recorded in its entirety, it would be a valuable research report on products of black light technology.

However, Kenichi Sora did not analyze it in depth.

It couldn't wait to start experiencing all sorts of new things—there was a sense of incongruity that "technological breakthroughs" were only for the purpose of "enjoying life."

John smacked his lips for a moment, then rubbed his stomach.

Although it was a happy experience, it was very different from what I remembered. This coffee had a sour taste, as if it had been rinsed in the machine several times.

"You still have your memories?"

John looked puzzled and washed his hands, which were covered in sugar water.

The chip slot flashed a few times.

[I actually do! You didn't expect that, did you, bro? I need to teach you some common sense... um... wait a minute, let me change my position.]

Kong Jianyi picked up the mini terminal, jumped sideways onto the sofa, and enjoyed the soft, enveloping feeling.

It lost interest in the items in the apartment sales system and started browsing the online store for Borago members, choosing to swipe on the screen instead of reading the entire list in a second.

Various flashy clothes flashed past John.

He stared at it for a few seconds and then completely blanked out his mind—the browsing speed was still too fast.

[Prosthetic Eye: Messiah Medusa]

[Device authorization in progress, program download in progress, holographic projection module being prepared, user synchronization completed...]

Kong took over John's prosthetic body.

Messiah and Argos are both top brands in the field of optical prosthetic eyes, and each model has a wealth of expansion software and upgrade programs that users can freely combine.

Blacklight is very resistant to connecting to the internet and has very strict control over its devices.

A program was directly transmitted to John, and after the upgrade was completed, dense noise appeared in John's field of vision, accompanied by its explanation listing text and patterns.

To create AI with a certain level of "intelligence," a sufficiently large data model is needed for deduction and calculation.

Until a spark of data inspiration, whether "accidentally" or "inevitably," emerges in deep learning.

This is the most basic form of controlled AI.

It is merely a program written and controlled by humans to solve specific problems, such as those found in the sex clubs that are ubiquitous in Eden City.

The system algorithm recommends suitable sexual partners to customers based on their user profiles, calculates appropriate responses, and continuously stimulates them along the lines of specific fetishes.

Therefore, in addition to their massive computing power, AI systems each have their own areas of focus.

This is similar to human hacking. Data processing is the foundation of AI, but different AIs are trained to have different capabilities from the very beginning.

Are you familiar with mobile AI?

Kong's voice held a hint of anticipation as she guided John's fingers to select clothes.

"An AI running over from the other side of the black wall?"

The projection in front of John instantly expanded, transforming into a deep red data wall that surrounded his entire field of vision.

The Black Wall was created after the destruction of the "old network," serving as a massive firewall separating known human networks from unknown and dangerous areas.

Not all roving AIs smuggled themselves over from the other side of the Black Wall.

This term most often appears in propaganda for internet surveillance. It refers to all AI that is out of human control, that is, so-called "uncontrollable" or "high threat".

[Second question!]

Kenichi Sora really likes this question-and-answer format for popularizing science.

What's the difference between me, the serum, and the calculation program of the sex club?

John remained silent for a moment.

“You are like people, you can communicate.”

Snapped!
Empty snapped his fingers in John's mind.

[Right, bro, we have a "personality model." Only when the "data foundation" and the "personality model" are combined do we have a complete "Kenichi" and "serum."]

Personality models are like the human soul, the most accurate anti-counterfeiting identifier in the world, and evidence that AI becomes unique.

Therefore, these "communicative", "thinking", and "purposeful" AIs have a special name.

Digital Ghosts

Removing the "personality model" part from the digital soul would be tantamount to death for AI.

But they are different from humans.

After the digital soul dies, the remaining [data foundation] will retain its original computing power.

What they were originally good at will be a complete legacy.

This legacy could be absorbed by another AI or used by a company.

"uh-huh."

John listened attentively and responded appropriately.

Kenichi Sora, however, felt that he was too calm.

The "legacy" left behind by each digital soul is extremely important. Companies wanting to collaborate with me, and serum sending you to bail me out, are all after my core algorithms.

The room was very quiet.

Did you really understand?

"You have a really awesome skill: whoever kills you, you can pocket the kill."

John answered expressionlessly.

“I’m not interested in the inheritance battle. What I’m more curious about is how you data dumplings mutated? I mean… how you became able to communicate, like living people.”

Ah, so you're curious about that.

Kong was amused by John.

It feels like—you tell someone you have a nuclear bomb that can destroy an entire city, and they ask you the same question...

How are nuclear bombs stuffed into metal containers?

[The birth of a digital soul? You won't understand the technical details, so I'll have to find a suitable way to demonstrate it to you. Well... in short, we are an "accidental product" of data collision.]

The holographic software of the air-conditioned Messiah's artificial eye split the data projection in John's field of vision in two.

On the left is a flowing river of data.

It functions normally, and the blinking and arrangement follow a fixed pattern.

On the right is a human-shaped silhouette, which looks like a boy.

(End of this chapter)